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Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:18:54 +0000

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By: bruce

bruce — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:34:06 +0000

thanks jay! funny how a post can come from a phone call;)

By: Jay Tracy

Jay Tracy — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:16:34 +0000

You captured discussions well…the example we spoke of will be one of the first tests of you new development tool! As you may recall, this example was a .info TLD. I do not normally purchase these, but like you said, for targeted development tied to a great name that drives search and branding, I think this can be just as successful if not more than the .com version of this name

Good post

By: bruce

bruce — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:06:54 +0000

@Jeff – Thanks. For some reason this has came up from not so typical people this week. Not sure why it seems to of popped up so much but felt it was a good topic to hit on.

By: jeff

jeff — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:04:47 +0000

great post bruce, liked it! will have to bookmark this one and re read in the future.

By: bruce

bruce — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:27:07 +0000

@Andrew – Congrats on the success, and your comment is right on.

@Leonard – You are correct, there are some I would be hesitant, but in many cases if the majority of traffic is from SEO, brand marketing, or other creative ways .COM is not required.

As always, a disclaimer, a good portion of my names are .COM but that is because they are for investment, but when it comes to development my mind is much more open.

By: Leonard Britt

Leonard Britt — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:25:04 +0000

Yes, there are certain TLDs I would be hesitant to brand with but .COM asking prices are often in the stratosphere even when the traffic doesn’t justify the price.

By: Andrew Hazen

Andrew Hazen — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:44:00 +0000

Great post Bruce and while I too agree that owning a generic .COM is the way to go, I also know first hand that have a non-generic and even a non-.COM can still be successful with great Internet marketing strategies such as SEO, PPC, Link Building, Social Media, Affiliate Marketing, etc.

I bought the non-generic domain FoodCouponsDirect.com for only $8 and using my SEO and internet marketing skills, the site ranks in the top 3 of google for a search on: food coupons….needless to say I am literally making $XX,XXX per year from the site.

So yes, if you are passionate about a topic/subject and have a keyword enriched domain name (.COM or not) you can still level the playing field and dominate the internet….

All the best,
Andrew